sandía

See also: sandia

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

Noun

sandía f (plural sandíes)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

Noun

sandía f (plural sandías)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), meaning of or from Sindh (in contemporary Pakistan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanˈdia/ [sãn̪ˈd̪i.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: san‧dí‧a

Noun

sandía f (plural sandías)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

   Synonyms: melón de agua, patilla

Hypernyms

• melón m

Derived terms

• sandiar

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: sandiya
• → Cahuilla: saandiya
• → English: sandilla
• → Highland Popoluca: xañt́a
• → Huave: xindiy, xendiy
• → Ilocano: sandia
• → Lacandon: sanya
• → Quechua: santiya
• → Sayula Popoluca: s̈á̱ntia
• → Southern Ohlone: santiya
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: sandiiyas
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xantea

Further reading

• “sandía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28